The
Story of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army
A
LANDMARK TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
COMING
TO TELEVISION IN 2003
When Gen.
Douglas MacArthur invaded the Philippines and retook it from the Japanese enemy,
the men of "the Fil" were there.
AN UNTOLD TRIUMPH illuminates the most important period in the history of
Filipino Americans.
This 85-minute, awarding-winning television documentary had its world premiere
on November 4, 2002 at the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu
where it was awarded the BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO Award for Best Documentary.
It is being shown at film festivals and community events around the country at
this time . It also recently won a TELLY, a prestigious award for
excellence in film and video.
Narrated by actor Lou Diamond Phillips,the film centers on a time when World War
II in the Pacific and the Japanese invasion of the Philippines compelled
Filipino immigrants in the U.S. to wage the most important fight of both their
personal and collective lives.
Although the Philippines was a U.S. colony, heavy anti-Asian sentiment at the
time against Filipinos had resulted in their reclassification as immigrant aliens.
With a fierce love of their motherland and a deep devotion to America, they
nevertheless demanded the right to fight alongside U.S. soldiers in defense of
freedom and to help rescue their loved ones back home.
For more than a half-a-century now, the critical role played by these Filipino
immigrants in General MacArthur’s covert plan to retake the Philippines has
gone untold.
AN UNTOLD TRIUMPH presents the definitive
story of the men of the U.S. Army's 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments
made up of more than 7,000 immigrants and sons of immigrants.
